Art by Shinkei: Aliens

Aliens includes 15 full colour CGI images by CGI Artist John Picot, for use in your gaming, fan publications or full publication. The license extends to allow use of these images in web pages, both non-profit and profit publications. Please download the demo for samples of the art include in this product.

A good selection of CG alien creatures in a variety of poses and situations that would be great for a sci-fi/horror campaign. I particularly liked the thermo-imaged alien pics, and would have liked to have seen more of those for the other alien images. [...]

The style of the images here are similar to the Art by Shinkei SciFi 5 and 6, so you might want to consider buying all three art packs if you are doing a project with a gritty "Aliens" feel to it. There are several good pictures here of large, intimidatin [...]

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